Chatelaine-hook.



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L. B. PRAHAR.

CHATELAINE HOOK.

(Apphcatxon led Nov 29, 190).

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CHATELAlNE-HOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. voasaddatea Juiy 1,1902.

Application filed November 29,1901.-l Serial No. 84,015. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom it may concern: Y

Be it known that I, LOUIS B. PRAHAR, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the countyof Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and ImprovedChatelaine-Hook, of which-the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

The purpose of the invention is to provide a ehatelaine-hook-orbag-holder'with a locking-tongue which williautomatically adjust andlock itsef to the support upon which it is placed, and, further,toprovide a simple ef fective means for releasing the tongue from thesupport Whenever desired.

A further purpose of the invention is to so construct the device that itwill be composed of but few parts not liable to be disarranged and whichmay be quickly and conveniently brought into locking engagement withabelt or like support, remaining in such engage-I ment until thereleasing means is purposely manipulated. y

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed outin the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding` parts in all the gures.,

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the device, its cover or ornamentalfrontplate being removed. Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation applied.Fig. 3 is a similar view through the device is shown in lockingengagement. Fig.

the line 4 4 of Fig. 2. Fig. 5is a front elevation of another form ofthe device, and Fig.

centrally through the form of the device shown in Fig. 5.

The body of the device consists of a back member 10, a front member 11,which is usually provided with an ornamental cover 12, and an upperconnecting member 13. The body is preferably constructed of metal and inone piece, and a hook 111 is located at the lower portion of the frontmember 11 to receive the chain or supporting-strap of a chatelaine-bagor the like.

A tongue 15, located between the front and rear member of the body, ispivotally mounted upon the front member and extends normally upward atan inclination to an engagement with the inner face ofthe rear member,as shown in Fig. 2. Usually the pivotal connection of the tongue withthe body is effected by causing pins to extend from the ends of thetongue into bearings 16, attached to or forming an integral portion ofthe front plate 11. The tongue 15 is also provided about centrallybetween its pivot-points with spurs 17, which spurs are at an angle tothe main body of the tongue, as shown in Fig. 3, and extend through anopening 18 in the front plate 11, as is shown in Figs. 1 and 3. v

As stated, the tongue l5 normally engages with the inner face of therear member 10, and when the body is passed down over a belt A, forexample, as is illustrated in Fig. 3,the tongue 15 is lifted upward andis carried forward, engaging with the front face or surface of the belt.When such an engagement occurs, the body cannot be carried upward orreleased from the belt until the tongue 15 has been carried well to thefront, since any attemptto raise the body of the device from the beltwill tend to cause the tongue 15 to more closely engage with the belt,as is clearly shown in Fig. 3.

The preferred form of releasing device for the tongue 15 consists of abar 19, which bar is held to slide in suitable guides 20, attached to orforming a portion of the inner face of the front member 11. A head 21 isshown formed at the top of the actuating-bar in the form of thedeviceillustrated in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, and a spring 22 is coiled around theactuating-bar, having bearing against the head 21 and the adjacent guide2O for the said actuating-bar. The actuating-bar 19 is provided at asuitable point between its ends with recesses in opposite sides,through'which recesses the spurs 17 of the tongue 15 extend, as is bestshown in Fig. l. -The spring 22 tends to normally force theactuating-bar 19 upward, and consequently draws the lugs 17 of thetongue 15 in the same direction, causing the rear edge of the saidtongue to enmember 10, the actuating-bar 19 must be forced downward, soas to carry the lugs 17 in the same direction, and consequently forcethe body of the tongue 15 to move toward the Afront of the body. Thisdownward movement of the actuating-bar 19 may be accomplished by a lever23 of the elbow type, pivoted at the connecting-bar 13, one member ofwhich lever extends above the connecting bar or member 13 of the body,while the other member of the lever extends below the connecting-bar 13of the body to an engagement with the head 2l of the actuating-bar 19.Thus by carrying the outer member of the release-lever 23 in a forwarddirection the tongue 15 will be carried away from the object with whichit may be engaged.

In Figs. 5 and 6 I have illustrated a slight deviation from theconstruction shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4. The difference consists inthat the actuating-bar 19 is carried up through the connecting memberorplate 13 of the body and is free to move in a slot therein. At theupper or outer end of the actuating-bar when lengthened, as described, abutton 24 is secured, and a spring 25 is coiled around the outer portionof the actuating-bar, having bearing against the said button 24 and uponthe connecting member or bar 13 of the body of the device.

By pressing down on the button 24 it is evi- -dent that theactuating-bar19 will be carried downward and the tongue 15 carried toward the frontportion of the device onout of locking engagement with the article withwhich it may have engaged.

In operation it is simply necessary to pass the body of the devicedownward over the top of a belt .A or a like object, causing the members10 and 11 to be located one at the rear and the other at the front ofthe belt, and as the body is thus carried downward the belt will bebrought between the tongue l5 and rear member lO, as shown in Fig. 3,and will be held in such engagement through the medium of the spring 22in the form of the device shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4 and the spring25 in the form of the device illustrated in Figs. 5 and 6. It will beobserved that if an attempt is made to force the body of the device upfrom the belt such action will tend to cause the tongue 15 to moretightly engage with the object passed between it and the rearmember ofthe body. In fact, the device cannot be removed from the belt A untilthe actuating-bar of the releasing device has been forced downward tocarry the tongue forward.

I desire it to be understood that I do not confine myself to a spiralspring or to the location of the spring, as, for example, a spring maybe attached to a portion of the body and brought in direct contact withthe tongue, pressing the same downward. It will also be understood thatthe connection between the actuating-bar 19 and the tongue 15 may bechanged, it being simply desirable that the said bar shall by itsmovement impart movement to the tongue.

I-Iaving thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- 1. In a chatelaine-hook,a body-section havingopposing members, a tongue pivotally mounted on one member of the body,having an upward inclination and being normally in clamping engagementat its free end with the opposing body member, an actuating-bar mountedto slide on one of. the members, a working connection between theactuatingbar and tongue at a point removed from the clamping edge of thetongue, whereby the i tongue through its connection with theactuating-bar is carried to and from the member of the body of the hookwith which it is adapted for clamping engagement, as specilied.

2. In a chatelaine-hook, a bod y-section having opposing members, aclamping-tongue pivoted to one memberof the body, which tongue extendsin an upward direction normally to an engagement with the opposingmember of the body of the hook, the said tongue having an extension fromits pivoted portion, a spring-controlled actuating-bar mounted to slideupon one body member of the hook, being operatively connected with thesaid extension from the tongue to raise and lower the tongue, and meansfor operating the actuating-bar from the exterior of the body,as-described.

3. In a chatelaine-hook, the combination with a body-section comprisinga front,a rear and an upper connecting member, a tongue pivotallyattached to the front member,which tongue extends in an upwarddirection, normally bridging the space between the front and rearmembers of the body to an engagement with the rear member, the saidtongue being provided at its pivot portion with lugs which extendthrough an opening in the front member of the body-section, of aspring-controlled bar mounted to slide upon the front member of thebody-section, the said bar being provided with surfaces for engagementwith the lugs of the tongue, and means substantially as described, foroperating the said bar from the exterior of the body-section, asdescribed.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

LOUIS B. PRAHAR.

Witnesses:

J. FRED. ACKER, JNO. M. RITTER.

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